Good suggestion. Simulators like RealFlight really help getting the fingers accustomed to the controls. Great for newbies so that the throttle/rudder (yaw control) and elevator (pitch control)/aileron (roll control) are very familiar. Practice flying right to left, left to right, towards you and away from you. When ya get bold do the same inverted. If you have those bits control down then you don't have to spend valuable instructor flight time trying to learn them.

Experienced fliers knock the rust off before they get to the field after a while away from flying too.